publishing journey – Khaila A. Gentle

A New Poetry Collection & A Year Bookended by Coffee

I can wax poetic about the beauty of connecting with people in coffee shops and around coffee tables for ages. But I think American writer Richard Brautigan does it best, and most succinctly, in his poem entitled Coffee.

I Wrote a Short Story for Lonely Planet! (Plus Other Things I’ve Been Up to This Year)

What I’ve been up to (creatively) in the past few months.

Three Lessons Self-Publishing Taught Me

The process of getting Crossroads out into the world was in itself a lesson—several lessons in fact—and the main things I learned were these.

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Self-Publishing Your Book

Planning to take on the ambitious role of being your own publisher? Here are five mistakes to avoid – a few of which this writer learned the hard way.

4 Pieces of Advice for the Aspiring Writer in Belize

Advice isn’t much, but it’s definitely something that helped me on my own journey, and hopefully, these few pieces of advice might be helpful to some aspiring writers out there.

Crossroads: The Unexpected Debut

I always thought my first published book was going to be some epic Fantasy novel – one with dragons and magic and swords. (Think Game of Thrones but make it Black.) My debut book, however, is a collection of poems, entitled Crossroads. My younger self would be shocked, but also oh so proud.